Charles hall



(No Model.)

0. HALL.

GOMMUNION SERVICE;

Patented May 14, 1895.

@Q'QQ Q CC) C U C) PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HALL, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

COMMUNlON-SERVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,264, dated May 14,1 895. Application filed June 2, 1894. Serial No. 513,236. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of'New York,-have invented anImprovement in Communion-Services, of which the following is aspecification.

Separate cups or chalices have been employed in communion service, thesame being held by trays in which the cups are received in rows uponseparate supports. Difiicnlty has however been experienced in properlysecuring the cups to prevent lateral movement and also in holding theempty cups in such a position as not to interfere with the grasping andhandling of the filled cups.

The present invention is made with reference to obtaining a light holderwell adapted to the reception of the base of each cup when filled or forsteadying the cup when emptied and inverted, and with this object inview each cup is made with a tapering body adapted to set into a holdingring npona tray, and the ring is of such a size andheight as to beadapted to receive around it the inverted cup and prevent the same fromslipping upon the tray.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is ageneral plan view of a tray adapted toholding numerous cups. Fig. 2 is a section of a tray and an elevation ofa row of cups, some of which are inverted; and Fig. 3 shows amodificationin the shape of the cup.

The tray A is to be of any suitable size or shape and preferably ofmetal with a rim for the convenience of handling, and upon the trayring-shaped holders 3 are permanently secured, such ring-shaped holdersbeing advantageously made of tube sections soldered at their lower endsto the tray, but such tube sections may be more or less ornamental andtapered, if desired, and the cups 0 are provided with tapering bodiesadapted to set into the ring-shaped holders at their lower ends so as tobe held steady by such holders, and usually each cup or chalice isprovided with a handle and with a slightly turned over rim or edge; andI prefer to make these cups of aluminum on account of lightness,strength and cleanliness, and the cups are ornamented or plain asdesired.

The internal size and shape of each cup is such that when the cup hasbeen emptied it can be turned over and will set around the holder andrest upon the tray sufiiciently close to prevent the cup or chaliceslipping upon the tray or sliding off the same, and in consequence ofthe filled cups standing upon the holders at a higher elevation than theempty and inverted cups, the empty cups are not in the way of graspingand lifting off the filled cups successively, and when the tray and thecups are made of aluminum, the entire service is sufficiently light tobe easily handled by those who serve the same.

As a sanitary measure the separate cups or chalices in communion havebeen approved, and the present construction is neat and efficient andacceptable in consequence of the convenience of handling the full cupsand properly retaining in position the inverted empty cups.

The cups instead of being a regular taper may be more or less of acompound curve or made with an offset, as illustrated in Fig. 3, so thatthe top is large enough to set over the holder when inverted, and thebottom small enough to set within such support when inuse.

In consequence of the holders being tube sections fastened at theirlower ends to the tray they form receptacles into which any liquidremaining in the cups may be poured as thecups are turned over afteruse.

I claim as my invention 1. A communion service composed of numerous cupslarger at the top than at the bottom and a tray with numerous holders onits upper surface for receiving the bottoms of the full cups and holdingthem in an elevated position, and for steadying the empty and invertedcups ina lower position on the tray substantially as specified.

2. The combination with the cups or chalices, of a tray with ranges oftubular holders permanently affixed to the surface of such tray andadapted to receive the lower ends of the full cups and to receive anyliquid contents of the cups as inverted and retain the same and hold thecups in position upon the tray, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 31st day of May, 1894.

, CHAS. HALL.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, A. M. OLIVER.

